Fence-post.



C. W. REGEL.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG,14.1916.

1 ,267, 1 l 8, Patented May 21, L918,

ATTOR NEY- STATES FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Application filedAugust 14, 1916. Serial No. 114,823.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL W. REGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county ofVanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a fence post.

One aim of the invention is to provide a post of this character capable of manufacture substantially as a metallic article but which may employ if desired, a core or filler of wood, for instance, and which has a protector plate serving as the keeper for wirefastening elements mounted by the filler.

Another object is to provide the post proper with a longitudinal opening into which the protector plate extends and to provide the protector plate with an elongated opening and to also provide a fastening device in the form of a spring-retracted hook adapted to enter the opening of the plate.

WVith the above, and additional objects, such as will hereinafter appear, in view, the invention has been embodied in one preferred form as hereinafter described and illustrated in accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an improved post constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view mostly in vertical section through the improved post and taken at right angles to Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of a por tion of the filler and protector plate associated therewith, and

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the upper end of the post proper.

Referring specifically to the drawings, a post 6 is provided which has an anchor 7 of any suitable construction. The post broper is the portion to which numeral 6 specifically refers and at its junction with the anchor, an inwardly extending flange or shoulder 7 is provided. The post is preferably hollow and made of metal and tubular. Also it is provided with a longitudinal opening at 8.

Within the post 6, a filler or core 9 is inserted and which rests on the ledge or flange 7. This core may be made of any suitable material but is preferably made of wood.

A plate 10 is provided which overlaps the interior of post (3 and has a central outwardly extending portion 11 which fits into the opening 8 and has its outer face flush with the outer periphery of the post. This plate 10 protects the core since it excludes rain. Mounted diametrically of the core 9 are a plurality of cylinders or casings 12 in each of-which, a disk 13 is slidable longitudinally. and serves as a bearing for the wire fastener 14L. This fastener 14 may be secured in place by a nut 15 engaging the fastener beyond one face of the disk. An expansive coiled spring 16 abuts the disk on one side, surrounds the fastening member 14; and abuts the plate 10 on its interior. The member 1 1 terminates in a hook 17 disposed exteriorly of the post and normally drawn into recesses or slots 18 provided in the portion 11 of plate 10. The hooks 17 overlap wires 19 which make up the fence and also .have their main rod 14 extend through the slots 18 and the free ends of the hooks enter or extend into the slots 18. In this way the wires are fastened and turning movement of the hook is avoided.

In order to protect the interior of the post, especially the core 9 from the weather, a cap 20 is provided which is screw threaded through the post 6 as at 21.

In use, the post is anchored in the ground in the usual manner by sinking the anchor 7. Prior to sinking or subsequent thereto, the core 9 is inserted so that the looking or fastening devices for the wires 19 will have the hooks 17 disposed in the openings 18. lVhile the springs draw the hooks inwardly, yet the free ends thereof abut one end of the cylinders 12 and the core. The cap 20 is placed after the core and fastening devices are positioned. When attaching the wires or other fence means, the hooks 17 are pulled outwardly as suggested by the second hook from the top in Fig. 2 so that the wires may be positioned relatively to hooks 18 to engage them and overlap them both above and below and from the outside and clamp them against the outside of the portion 11. If it is necessary to afterward remove the wires or to replace them, the hooks 17 may be readily moved against the tension of the springs 16 to accomplish this end.

Since merely the preferred embodiment has been illustrated and described, it is to tends and said filler. Y

be understood'that changes in the details of construction may be resorted tolwithin the spirit and scope of the invention. 7

I claim: t a

1. A hollow supporting" 'post having a filler, fastening means mounted by the filler,

said post having an opening through which the fastening means extends, a plate over-- -lapping the interiorof the post and extending into said opening, saidpl'ate'having a slot through which the cfastening means explate serving to protect the 2. A hollow supporting post having a filler, fastening means-mounted by the filler,

"said post having an opening through which 1 the fastening means eXtends,- a plate'disposed over said opening to protect the filler,

'said fastening means including a fastening the fastening means extends, a plate-closing 1 said opening and overlapping the post on the interior, said plate having an elongated slot, said fastening means including a cas ing, a diskslidably mounted in the easing,

a; hook mounted'in said disk and extending I through said slot, a spring surrounding the tening member passes, said'retainer having an elongated slot i where the member passes therethrough, the free'end o'f 'the fastening member being in=the form ofa-hook-, said hook extending into t-h'eslotg anda spring surrounding said member engaglng the dusk and said keeper member.

- In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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Washington, D. 'G. 

